(AllHipHop News) Loon, the former rapper under Diddy’s Bad Boy, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for drug related infractions.
The rapper, who is now an Orthodox Muslim, claims it was a set up.
Now known as Amir Muhadith, Loon was arrested and charged in 2011. He explained his side of things in an online audio recording made from a prison cell.
Here is part of the audio transcribed:
“I want to explain to you, in detail, the charge that I was charged with and the federal indictment from the Eastern District of North Carolina as well as the conspiracy charge which I was charged with, conspiring to possess with intent to distribute one or more kilo of heroin. … In 2008 — some individuals had crossed my path who were interested, at one point, in the music industry. At one point, these individuals called me in relation to something totally different than the lifestyle I was living. But the fact I answered placed me under the umbrella of conspiracy and therefore, once these individuals were apprehended by the United States government, they chose to implement in the situation and tried to implement in the leadership role. … But because of the way the United States government works, they used the information of the informant and put together an elaborate story to make it look like I had a leadership role.”
The full audio is below:
Loon maintains that others basically snitched on him and got him involved in something he had nothing to do with.